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I think this is what's killing my enthusiasm for the Netflix shows more than anything else. I get why DD, The Punisher and JJ would have that serious, dramatic, "gritty" tone, and I WANT that from them, but when they first announced all these Netflix ventures, I was most hyped for Iron Fist and a potential Heroes for Hire collaboration because I was looking forward to the fun factor. But these shows are all so determined to be taken seriously that you can almost feel the struggle every time these writers begrudgingly put in jokes or moments of levity. Not all these shows needed to be so serious, imo. But tbh, that's just kind of my mood these days when it comes to CBM's - I'm losing my taste for the grimdark in general and the ones that try to "transcend the genre," and I find myself preferring the ones that embrace the whimsy and the fun side of superheroes, so maybe it's less a problem with the shows and more about my own tastes changing. *shrug*I will say... I see Misty and Colleen working together in a fun and breezy action scene and all I can think of is that I would rather have a fun, action packed Heroes For Hire show with Danny, Luke, Misty and Colleen than almost anything else.
I think this is what's killing my enthusiasm for the Netflix shows more than anything else. I get why DD, The Punisher and JJ would have that serious, dramatic, "gritty" tone, and I WANT that from them, but when they first announced all these Netflix ventures, I was most hyped for Iron Fist and a potential Heroes for Hire collaboration because I was looking forward to the fun factor. But these shows are all so determined to be taken seriously that you can almost feel the struggle every time these writers begrudgingly put in jokes or moments of levity. Not all these shows needed to be so serious, imo. But tbh, that's just kind of my mood these days when it comes to CBM's - I'm losing my taste for the grimdark in general and the ones that try to "transcend the genre," and I find myself preferring the ones that embrace the whimsy and the fun side of superheroes, so maybe it's less a problem with the shows and more about my own tastes changing. *shrug*
The Misty/Colleen stuff is just reminding me of the kind of fun I was expecting with the whole venture was first announced.
There is a VAST gulf between grimdark and Hercules/Xena, and somewhere in that gulf is my happy place these days. Just because I want fun doesn't mean I don't want grounded and emotional realism. I am just so over the fandom mentality of talking in extremes.See I find the "grimdark" fun. Really. Taking the material seriously is what's fun to me. Otherwise it's Hercules/Xena or Power Rangers to me.
I'm pretty annoyed he never just got to wear his Yellow shirt and jeans thing. How hard is that?
I found I enjoyed Season 2 of Luke Cage more than Season 1. It pulled me along a little easier than Season 1 did. I wish there was more Iron Fist though. That was the definite highlight of the Season. Marvel should scrap the solo Iron Fist and Luke Cage shows and make Heroes for Hire.
There were times during Iron Fist and Punisher it felt like they were ashamed they were doing a comic book show.
In Luke Cage, they made the hoodie his costume basically because of Trayvon Martin. Even Luke calls it his "cape."
Well, unlike Kevin Fiege, Jeph Loeb hates costumes for whatever reason.
Which was handled kinda corny like a lot of the politics in Luke Cage imo